Miller, Steve <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU> wrote:


> I am working on some code that uses PortB interrupt on  change
> feature. I know that bit test are dangerous because of the
> read-modify-write sequence.
> ....
> What about:
>
>    movf  portB,w ; retrieve a copy of PortB to W
>    movwf  temp  ; save the copy in temp
>    btfss  temp,7  ; test if Bit 7 of Port B is set
>
> Will this keep PortB from getting screwed up?

Steve:

No, it won't... The problem isn't with modifying or writing the port;
it's with READING the port.  Any instruction that reads port B (which
means "any instruction that accesses port B", since every "write"
instruction does a read first) can potentially make you miss
change-on-portb interrupts.

Sorry.

-Andy

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